ELP vs Camel

^Thank you I was going to do it myself when the real life issues would've let me, with a messy post full of quotes, so better this way.

Blacksword wrote: Does anyone else think that Camel would have a little more 'energy' and 'punch' if they had had a different drummer?? Wishing no disrespect to Andy Ward, he was capable enough, but he wasn't really up there with the likes of Palmer, Collins, Bruford et al.. IMO..

Yeah, it's true. But extra energy and punch are not features that I miss when listening to Camel. I love Ward's work mostly because of the gentle touch he has and the super tight interplay with Ferguson. Like I remember Bardens saying, possibly on the Curriculum Vitae dvd, that when he first came to the audition he was stunned by their cooperation, how every bass note and bass drum hit was made to work together. One of my favourite rhythm sections.

When they really tried to have energy and punch they went sooo wrong, check out Neon Magic Sometimes it's an amusing song, though. Not recommended for those disliking Latimer's voice.

Edited by Keppa4v - March 10 2009 at 02:13

My vote goes for Camel (my favourite band), although ELP are also among my top-ranked bands

You can hardly compare so different styles of music.

Blacksword wrote: Does anyone else think that Camel would have a little more 'energy' and 'punch' if they had had a different drummer?? Wishing no disrespect to Andy Ward, he was capable enough, but he wasn't really up there with the likes of Palmer, Collins, Bruford et al.. IMO..

Personally, I think Andy Ward is Camel's big redeeming feature... relaxed, effective and good at keeping the mood. Sure, he's not at the level of Palmer and Bruford as a hard drummer, or as emotionally effective as Collins, but he's not at all bad.

Besides how do you come to the conclusion that Camel's music comes from the heart and ELP's not?...I know that it's all about your personal tastes but in my opinion with the exeption of some songs and "The Snow Goose" Camel is the cold one here. I don't want to sleep with symphonic prog , I have my copy of Tangerine Dream "Zeit" for that matter! ( Incredible album by the way)

Just posted my review of Moonmadness - and without any references to ELP this time!

hahahhah... you might be able to hear the sound of Raff hitting herself in the head there in Finland hahhaha.  

Ah that was the weird banging sound I was wondering about

oh boy, I missed seven pages of fun.  Well here's my contribution:  Camel's high points were better than ELP, but ELP delivered more good stuff.  Moonmadness is a gorgeous album.

jimmy_row wrote: oh boy, I missed seven pages of fun.  Well here's my contribution:  Camel's high points were better than ELP, but ELP delivered more good stuff.  Moonmadness is a gorgeous album.

*spits ...sh*t.. my water... all over the monitor hahaha*